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-RAILWAY GAR. N6. 66,465.

Patented D66. 16, 1866.

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G. AN D G. T. BENJAMIN AND H. S. WESTON, OF MILlldilRSBURGr,v OHIO.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CON CERN:

Be it known that we, G. and G. T. BENJAMIN, and H. S. WESTON, ofMillershurg, in the county of Holmes, and State of Ohio, have inventedcertain new and useful improvements in Railroad Cars, for excluding dustand Ventilating the same; and we do hereby declare that the following isa full and complete description of the construction and operation of thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part ofthis specification. Like letters refer to like parts in the severalviews.

Figure 1 is a section of railroad car.

Figure 2 is detached longitudinal section, in the direction r t thedotted line :n a1.

Figure 3 is a detached veitical section, in the direction of the dottedlines x x'.

A, iig. 1, is a section of railroad car. B B are the car windows, andare so hung by the hinges C t0 the frame as to permit of their beingopened outward. D is a curved rod, one end of which is connected to theWindow and the other to the window-sill by a staple, E, through whichitslides The purpose of this rod is in order to prevent the windows frombeing opened beyond the edge of the deilector F, which is at an angle ofabout forty-ve degrees to the side of the car. This deiiector consistsof a metallic plate, or other suitable material, and is placedimmediately under the windows, the inner side resting upon the sill, andthe other supported by a bracket, Gr. The sparks, lsmoke, and dustfloating back, while the train is in motion, are prevented from driftinginto the cars by the position of the window when open; this position isshown in iig. 2. We suppose the train is going in the direction of thearrow; the window B is open, as above stated, at an angle of forty-fivedegrees; the dust Vcoming in a direct line with the train, strikes theopen window at an obtuse angle, and is thereby deflected and thrown offaway from the cars. At the same time the dust from the wheels isprevented from entering from below, by the delector F, it being, asabove stated, close under the bottom of the windows. Asv the dustescapes from under the deector in the opposite direction from theprogress of the train and ascends, it strikes against the next openwindow, and is thereby deflected and thrown oil' away from the train.And 'as each window is provided with the same arrangement, the dust,sparks, and smokeare, in consequence, wholly excluded. Should the trainbe moving in the opposite direction from that indicated, the window B isclosed, and B is opened, which would be attended by the same results asthat in the former case.

A full and complete ventilation of the car is not at all interrupted bythis arrangement, for the space between the open and closed sections ofthe windows allows for the introduction of free currents of air for thatpurpose; nor does it in any way obstruct the sight of the passengers inlooking from the cars.

What we claim as my improvement, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The double window B B', the rod D, and deiiector F, in combination withthe car, as arranged in the manner andfor the purpose hercinset forth.

G. BENJAMIN, e. T. BENJAMIN, Witnesses: H. S. WESTON.

W. H. BURRI'DGE, FRANK ALDEN.

